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diff --git a/academic/samtools/README b/academic/samtools/README index ea600cbe26..d8e2540720 100644 --- a/academic/samtools/README +++ b/academic/samtools/README @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ -Prior to the introduction of HTSlib, SAMtools and BCFtools were distributed -in a single samtools-0.1.x package. -This old version remains available from SBo as samtools-legacy +SAM (Sequence Alignment/Map) format is a generic format for storing +large nucleotide sequence alignments. The original samtools package has +been split into three separate but tightly coordinated projects: htslib +(C library for handling high-throughput sequencing data), samtools (for +handling SAM, BAM, CRAM), and bcftools (for handling VCF and BCF). -Samtools is now distributed as an individual package. -Installation is set up so that the code uses an external HTSlib (also at SBo). -Although deprecated upstream, in the case that people need parts of samtools-legacy -(e.g header files or libbam) these can be installed from this package by modifying -the samtools.Slackbuild. +Samtools is now distributed as an individual package. Installation is +set up so that the code uses an external HTSlib (also at SBo). Although +deprecated upstream, in the case that people need parts of +samtools-legacy (e.g header files or libbam) these can be installed from +this package by modifying the samtools.Slackbuild. Note that the sam.h +of htslib differs from sam.h coming with samtools. -Note that the sam.h of htslib differs from sam.h coming with samtools. +Prior to the introduction of HTSlib, SAMtools and BCFtools were +distributed in a single samtools-0.1.x package. This old version remains +available from SBo as samtools-legacy. |